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AndyVD wrote:

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Lone Ranger. wrote:

MGRA wrote:

Lone Ranger. wrote:
PMSL :- Oh what how lovely it is to see the old Tory moaning minnies on here ..... the old abusive gloom and doom mongers are excelling themselves ........ And the democratically elected Labour party dont take control for a week or so.
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Just loving it

so am I just loving it... I live outside the city boundary...

Goodness me you must keep on moving then.
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So far you have posted that :- you live in West End London, West End Southampton, Woolston and now somewhere else.
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Still i suppose being in that caravan gives you the opportunity to live where you want

you need better glasses and/or an atlas mate... I work in west end, knightsbridge, and woolston. Of those three only woolston is in Southampton, and I do not live their. I live in Eastleigh borough. And West End where I work some of the time is also Eastleigh , not Southampton.... keep up....

So if you live in Eastleigh borough... what gives you the right to comment about Southampton issues? Technically then doesn't that mean you're voting for Eastleigh? I might be mistaken as I haven't a clue who you'd be voting under, the parliamentary boundaries are completely different to suburb boundaries!

um, that would be freedom of speech that gives me the right to comment on anything I like... I take it you emigrated here from Dresden or somewhere similar where freedom of speech was only allowed post 1989."

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Mixed reaction to Labour taking control of Southampton City Council

UNION bosses have hailed Labour’s Southampton council election victory, but business leaders are giving the city’s new red dawn only a cautious welcome.

The reactions will partly boost incoming leader Richard Williams, but also hint at the challenges he faces now he is in power.

The new administration’s first job when it formally takes over Southampton City Council next week will be to sit down with union bosses in a bid to hammer out a deal to finally lift the industrial
action hanging over the authority for the past 12 months.

If it can’t convince workers to sign up to its plans for dealing with budget cuts, it could face further disruption and a £12m bill from legal claims over the controversial pay cuts for staff
forced through by the Tories last year.

However, once that huge task has been completed Labour councillors must then set about convincing commerce leaders they mean Business.

Union Unite has congratulated Cllr Williams and his team on victory in last Thursday’s elections, saying the result sent a “resounding message” to the Conservatives over cuts.

Regional secretary John Rowse said: “The people of this great city have stood up and said no more can you cut our services, slash our jobs and destroy our communities.

“The campaign to rid this city of the cuts scourge was a success because working people and their unions joined forces to unseat a council leadership that was out of touch with the needs of
Southampton.”

Meanwhile, the reaction from business leaders to Labour has been far more measured.

Sally Lynskey, chief executive of Business Solent said wants to hear how Labour will help Southampton take its “many opportunities to earn its rightful place on the map of leading cities”.

She said: “Business Solent looks forward to receiving a briefing from the new leader of the council and working in partnership with his team to continue to strive to make the city the best place to
work, invest, live, study and enjoy.”

Chris Treacher, managing director of Wise Catering, said he was concerned the party’s 50-point manifesto was “light on business issues”, and wants to see more done to encourage the “tentative signs
of life coming back to the city”

He said: “The new Labour council must make sure that it listens to the views of businesses and shows that it is a party that supports economic prosperity for the city. An early test will be how the
leader deals with the council pay issues.”